Cuba is threatening the inhabitants of nations with fines and other legal sanctions if they are trapped using the “illegal” satellite service, the points of sale centered on Cuba reported Mondays.
The Castro regime maintains strict control or Internet access and is involved in draconian censorship policies through a de facto monopoly managed by Etecsa, the regime’s telecommunications company. Regular Internet access in Cuba ranks between the world slow And less functional despite its high costand what few “functional” access points exist reserved For tourist hotels owned by the regime of nations, which are beyond the reach of the millions of Cubans forced to extreme poverty for six decades of communism.
Cuba is also one of the few Latin American nations in which Starlink is not official available At the time of publication. Never more useless, information Indicate that Cubans have successfully installed the Starlink equipment in recent months as Sacrifice Kits of Unleashed Third Parties Sellers Activated in other countries at very high costs from at least September.
The Spectrum radio control technical budget unit (UPTCERCUBA), an entity affiliated with the Cuban Ministry of Communications, launched a statement In social networks about the weekend warning Cubans that the use of Starlink in Cuba could lead to the blockade of their frequency, the confiscation of the equipment and fines.
The entity declared that the use of Starlink violates “principles and regulations”, as the unauthorized use of the radio spectrum, since its Matrix Spacex company does not have an agreement with Cuba on its use, nor does it have an operational license.
“All satellite services require a license from the National Authority (in this case, the Cuban Communications Ministry) and notification to ITIIT [International Telecommunication Union]. Starlink does not meet this requirement in Cuba, which makes it an illegal service under the international framework, “said the statement.
UPTCERCUBA said itit, the United Nations agency responsible for Affairs related to information and communication technologies, “supports the right of countries to denounce and demand the cessation of unauthorized operations, as happened in Iran in 2022, where the ITIS ruled in favor of the Iranian government against Starlink.”
Duration The wave of protests 2022 in Iran, the owner of Spacex Elon Musk announced That the company had deployed several Starlink terminals to help avoid internet censorship in the Middle East nation. Iran, which declared Starlink illegalHe brought the matter to ITIIT and filed a complaint about the use of Starlink in his territory. The non -binding ruler In favor of Iran in October 2023, urinating Starlink to take “immediate measures” to disable their terminals in Iran. Reports of January Indicate that more than 100,000 Iranians continue to use Starlink to avoid the Internet censorship policies of the Islamic regime.
Uptcercuba continued his statement arguing that, Althegh, is not a standard of ITI, Cuban legislation prohibits state import permission and use or satellite equipment, which includes Starlink terminals, considered as “transception land stations.”
The regime entity said that, although the ITIS could issue a “symbolic” resolution against Spacex and has no coercive power, “it would affect its international reputation.”
“In summary, Starlink violates the Radio Itit regulations operating without coordination of the local spectrum or authorization, violating Cuban sovereignty about its radio spectrum,” reads the statement.
Before the warnings of UPTCERCUBA, ETECSA appeared To blame the quality barely functional of its Internet and Telecommunications services for “the persistence of illegalities, social indiscipline and acts of vandalism for the development of the sector, indicate and deteriorate the quality of telephone service and mobile networks in specific areas.”
Kevin Castro Rodríguez, Deputy Director of Etecsas, warned about the misuse of “illegal equipment and satellite connections”, stating that they are the “quality” of the service and the pride of the Electric radio spectrum of Cuba. Castro also warned that using these connections could mean charges of criminal crimes with judicial responses contemplated by the Criminal Code of the regime, which allows the application of “resources, seizures and freedoms.”
Christian K. Caruzo is a Venezuelan writer and documented life under socialism. You can follow it on Twitter Gentleman.
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